The Clallam County Bar Association is holding a judicial candidate forum for the candidates for Washington State Court of Appeals Division II, District 2.
Attorney Tim Ford is challenging the incumbent Judge J. Robin Hunt for a seat on the court.
Both candidates will be present to discuss their judicial philosophy and to answer questions put to them by the moderator.
The event will be held Friday, June 20, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at the Port Angeles City Council Chambers.
The public is invited to attend.
For further information about the candidates: www.reelectjudgehunt.com and www.timford2008.com
Patrick M. Irwin, President
Clallam County Bar Association
360-457-3327
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There will be a brown bag luncheon at noon tomorrow (March 5, 2008) at the courthouse. This will be to discuss the judge rotation calendar.
(Click to enlarge photo) To an overflowing crowd in Clallam County’s Courtroom 1, Brooke Taylor was sworn in by Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerry Alexander, as Clallam County’s new, and third, Superior Court judge on Wednesday, January 2, 2008. Present at the ceremony were numerous dignitaries including Continue reading ‘Brooke Taylor sworn as Judge’
The primary election is over and Brooke Taylor will be the new Clallam County Superior Court judge. By statute, any judge who wins more than 50% of a primary election will be the only candidate appearing on the fall general election. Mr. Taylor won 53% of the election, therefore his name will be the only one appearing on the ballot.
ClallamCountyBar.com says congratulations to Mr. Taylor, and offers a hearty congratulations to Brent Basden, Curtis Johnson and Craig Miller for making the effort to keep our democracy robust.
The County’s first report of results (all candidates and positions) can be seen here
As of 8:09 p.m. on 8/21/07, the unofficial tally’s are:
Brooke Taylor - 52.75% with 7,032 votes
Brent Basden - 22.73% with 3,031 votes
Curtis Johnson - 13.34% with 1,779
Craig Miller - 11.18% with 1,490 votes
If Brooke Taylor maintains more than 50% of the vote, state law mandates
that he will be the only candidate placed on the general election ballot. The next count will be Friday August 24th by 4:30 p.m.. The election results will be final and certified on September 5th.
The Bar Association’s poll results for judicial candidates are in. Results based on 9 measures with a grading scale of 1-5 for each measure are as follows:
4.7 Brooke Taylor
3.7 Brent Basden
3.1 Curtis Johnson
3.1 Craig Miller
Click here to see a table of the result details: bar-poll-results-table.htm
This summer marks an historic election for Clallam County’s newly created position for a third Superior Court Judge (position #3). This position was authorized by an act of the state legislature last year. The first ballot will be in the primary election (August 21, 2007 this year) Unless one candidate obtains 51% or more of the vote, the top two candidates will run off in the November election.